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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1914
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner lists carrier delivery rules and subscription rates including 5.00 yearly 2.50 semiannual 1.25 quarterly and 10 cents weekly. It warns carriers cannot collect payments and urges prompt delivery complaints to the business office. It notes ongoing political chatter about Georgia and national figures, lectures by UGA professors, and Memorial Day plans.
The people of Alabama named Oscar W. Underwood as the Democratic senatorial nominee over Richmond P. Hobson. The article praises Underwood for steadfast service in the House, notes Hobson’s campaign focus on prohibition, and predicts Underwood’s potential future as president, highlighting Alabama’s approval of his fidelity and ability.
The Democratic party has passed sweeping reforms without infighting but faces a potential split over free tolls for coastwise ships. The Panama bill’s tolls, seen as subsidies and conflicting with the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, prompt the president to seek repeal. Dialogue should remain calm and debates settled by vote.
Secretary of State Richard Olney argues in a letter that Congress should back the president’s call to repeal the Panama bill tolls provision, warning that opposing it would undermine the president’s authority and hinder future diplomacy. The missive, dated March 31 1914 from Decatur Georgia, includes a poem signed S P Bickers.
Special to the Banner from Atlanta April 7. J H Hale of Hale Georgia Orchard Co Fort Valley endorses Georgia Fruit Exchange to market the 1914 crop. He says joining the exchange could mean thousands in pockets for Georgia growers while other southern peach crops were ruined by cold. Hale notes Texas crop wiped out and urges every Georgia grower to join.
The article recalls Mr. Peabody funding and a Madison visit that helped Georgia plan an agricultural college plant. It notes E C Branson and W H Allen leading a statewide university survey in Georgia and Wisconsin, with twelve questions on university scope, efficiency, and public education relations. Governor McGovern presides as officials from both states participate. An unrelated line mentions Atlanta divorce courts providing copy for local reporters.
Atlanta plans for a vast Shriners gathering as some 30000 visitors require top facilities and ample accommodation. City officials express confidence that Atlanta can handle the event and entertain guests.
In a quick yarn a man in a brown derby asks why a drunken reveler resembles moving pictures. His companion lights a cigarette and replies that the man’s eyes are filmed and he reels, delivering a wry visual joke.
Atlanta April 7 The Georgia Chamber of Commerce has issued a forty page booklet Georgia Facts compiled by Wm F Parkhurst detailing Georgia resources and state standings. It notes Georgia's climate railroads banking capital and corporation values and compares growing days and farm values with Ohio. It highlights agricultural outputs industry numbers schools libraries autos telephones and naval stores, painting a prosperous statewide profile.
A medical missionary from Pes hawar states that about half of children born in Afghanistan die before age three. The country lacks preventive efforts. Wandering, unsanitary life and little attention to women and infants at childbirth drive the high mortality.
A cryptic note describes scents like cloves cinnamon cedar oil to deter vermin. It hints a traveler can use a scented tie or oil drops to protect against pests in hotel rooms, advising discreet use and minimal application amid vague travel folklore.
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